The Vulgar Witch Portable Site

In the 20th century, as Wicca and neo-paganism began to emerge into the public eye, a conscious effort was made to distance the new practitioner from the "vulgar" past. To gain social acceptance, the witch was polished.

She was the vessel for society’s rejected shadow. If a woman was too loud, too angry, too sexual, or simply too poor to matter, she was "vulgar." And if she was vulgar, she was a suspect. The Vulgar Witch

: The witch exists on the "threshold" of society and the spirit world, acting as a bridge between the two. In the 20th century, as Wicca and neo-paganism

She is the grandmother who knew how to stop bleeding with a whisper. She is the homeless woman yelling at the crows. She is the part of you that wants to break a plate just to feel the shatter. If a woman was too loud, too angry,

Materials: A cup of cold coffee, a hair from someone who wronged you, a shouted insult. Effect: The next person who lies to you within an hour hiccups violently. Duration increases with how personally offended you sound.